I created my Klout.com profile. I don’t understand what the numbers mean yet, so I don’t know if I should be fist-pumping the sky or feeling insignificant with a score of ‘50’. I’ll investigate that soon. But I DID notice I am a “influential about” a few things: coffee (makes sense) photography (makes sense, kinda) […]
May 2011
Your Facebook friends aren’t registered with Klout! Having more verified friends can only improve your Klout Score! – Klout.com message during sign-up process So I thought I’d see what Klout.com was about. I’ve heard that Klout assigns you a number and determines if you are an influencer, or not, based on Twitter and Facebook data.
Magazine Editors Are 100% Sure Tumblrs Are Driving Subscriptions, But They Can’t Prove It
Magazine Editors Are 100% Sure Tumblrs Are Driving Subscriptions, But They Can’t Prove It ryanbrown: chrismohney: creepingjesus: Have any of you subscribed to a magazine because they have a Tumblr blog? Hey Noah Davis at Business Insider, I’m a let you finish, but just FYI BlackBook has actually sold magazine subscriptions directly through Tumblr —
minnpost: Mapping the same-sex marriage vote in Minnesota Click on any legislative district to see how state reps voted, find their contact info, and, in some cases, see what that rep said during the debate (or in correspondence to constituents). The Intelligencer is collecting responses from both reps and constituents on the same-sex marriage ban
The new .xxx top-level domain, scheduled to launch this fall, is causing brand managers and trademark owners anxiety. Thankfully, a “defensive registration” process is in place that allows registered trademark owners to block their marks from being abusively registered as a .xxx domain by a third party. Defensive registration can prevent unwanted affiliation between a
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MN Republican Tony Cornish compares heterosexuals to farm animals: (in MinnPost.com comments)
MN Republican Tony Cornish compares heterosexuals to farm animals: (in MinnPost.com comments) [backstory is here]
[T]he office of the Presidency should go to our nation’s best and brightest and not its most ambitious. [Former MN] Governor Arne Carlson: THE PRESIDENCY: A BIT SHORT IS PAWLENTY Interesting post. Carlson is not a fan of Tim Pawlenty. I thought the quote above was interesting regardless of the party in question.
Some screen grabs from KSTP helicopter surveying tornado damage in North Minneapolis
May 22, 2011: The live KSTP feed is here. I have not heard if there are any injuries. In the last image, I circled another helicopter flying by.
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